About Esther
Esther Gosnell is a licensed professional counselor practicing in South Carolina with 10 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, family conflict, trauma, and low self-esteem. Esther speaks plainly and meets people where they are to make starting therapy less intimidating.
Her work blends body-centered methods with talk therapy. She uses Somatic Therapy to help people notice how emotions show up in the body.
Background and approach
She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and EMDR depending on needs. Sessions are tailored to the individual. Esther listens first, then helps set clear goals and practical steps.
She aims to make changes manageable rather than overwhelming. Esther is attentive to issues like abandonment and attachment, caregiver stress, codependency, and problems with communication or control. She also supports people coping with dissociation, first responder stress, guilt and shame, and questions of life purpose.
She works with mood and panic disorders, personality concerns, and postpartum depression in addition to trauma-related struggles. Esther approaches each person with respect, sensitivity, and a steady, compassionate presence. Taking the first step can feel hard.
Esther helps people move forward at a pace that fits their life and comfort level.
How somatic and skills-based approaches work online
Esther uses Somatic Therapy to help people notice physical sensations linked to emotions and stress. This approach helps when anxiety, panic, or trauma are showing up in the body as tension, racing heart, or tightness. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, supports people in clarifying values and taking small, meaningful actions even when feelings are difficult. Client-Centered Therapy offers a warm, nonjudgmental space where the person guides the pace and focus.Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Choices about which approach to use are collaborative and may shift as needs change.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging, so people can fit therapy into busy days. These options make it easier to meet from home, work, or while traveling. The variety of formats also allows different ways to practice skills between sessions and to follow up in ways that suit each person.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English